Terry-pratchett Quote by Terry Pratchett

A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? I make…

— Terry Pratchett

Europeans hate the way Americans talk. They think we're loud and uncouth and they don't like our jokes, except for Michael Moore. Plus, they…

— Denis Boyles

Europeans think Americans are fat, vulgar, greedy, stupid, ambitious and ignorant and so on. And they've taken as their own, as their representative American,…

— Christopher Hitchens

Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.

— Robert Kagan

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them…

— Randall Jarrell

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño

“It's amazing in Europe: Europe has become extraordinarily colonized culturally by the United States, to an extent that is almost unbelievable―Europeans aren't aware of…

— Noam Chomsky

I've lived in Europe for the better part of twenty years, and I've noticed that one of the biggest errors Europeans make is to…

— John Malkovich

I understand things that are American, for better or worse.

— Twyla Tharp

“it is difficult to understand that not everyone in the world wants to be an American.”

— Bruce Cumings

Much of how Americans have always understood their history, culture, and identity depends on positioning Europe as the 'other,' as that 'old world' against…

— Linda Colley

I'm sorry,' said the shopkeeper. 'I can't understand your ridiculous accent.' 'My accent?' 'It is quite silly.' 'So you can't understand me?' 'Not a…

— Derek Landy